| HB31 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes it a disorderly conduct offense to lie down at a bus stop shelter or structure in a manner that interferes with use of the bus stop. Establishes a fine of $50 for a violation. Effective January 1, 2014. (HB31 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-05-02
Recommitted to Conference Committee. |
| HB815 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the public utilities commission and the division of consumer advocacy to specifically consider the ownership structure and interests of an electric cooperative. Authorizes the public utilities commission to waive or exempt an electric coopera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-16
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 695). |
| HB903 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a separate Water Pollution Control account and authorizes the Director of Health to prescribe fees to help fund the operations of the Department of Health in managing pollution from nonpoint sources and individual wastewater systems. (SD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-05
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ige, Kidani, Dela Cruz, English, Espero, Kahele, Keith-Agaran, Kouchi, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Tokuda, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Chun Oakland; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB343 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends a definition in the gambling law to provide that gambling activities offered incident to the purchase of goods or services, or any entries, credits, or play points that extend or permit the privilege of playing a game of chance without charge,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-03
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB760 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to include an option to the lessee in the motor vehicle agreement to contribute a sum to the department of land and natural resources for the preservation and protection of the environment beginning July 1, 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-03
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HB489 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides, under certain circumstances, an exemption from building code and permit requirements for nonresidential buildings or structures on farms. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB489 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
The committee(s) on AGL/PSM deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 04-02-13 2:30PM in conference room 224. |
| HB964 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends general excise tax exemption for scientific contracts with the United States. (HB964 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
The committee on EGH deferred the measure. |
| HB1027 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires absentee voters to affirm by signature that the ballot was completed without influence from others. Requires absentee ballots to include information regarding election fraud, voter fraud, and related penalties. Prohibits employers, unions, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB813 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to convene the power purchase agreement task force to recommend methods to ensure that power purchase agreements, whether bilaterally negotiated or through competitive bid, reflec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
| HB71 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii to extend the current land lease with the high technology development corporation for no less than ten years from the date of expiration of the existing lease. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB494 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a pilot program for the creation of urban art under the direction of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, to be repealed on June 30, 2016. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB494 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB910 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Penal Code to establish limits to the length of conditional release for certain criminal charges, to clarify circumstances under which the one year conditional release may be tolled, and to require information-sharing among public agencies...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| HB713 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits employers from requiring or requesting employees and potential employees to grant access to personal account usernames and passwords. Effective January 1, 2100. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| HB92 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the ballot of an absentee or military-overseas voter is valid even if the voter becomes ineligible to vote after casting the ballot.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB52 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits biased-based policing by state and county law enforcement agencies and agents. Establishes the Department of the Attorney General as the enforcing agency. Effective 1/1/50. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| HB1432 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to support a statewide aging and disability resource center with sites in each county. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1432 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HB154 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of the college of tropical agriculture and human resources at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish a two-year industrial hemp remediation and biofuel crop pilot program. Appropriates funds. Effective 07/01/2112. (SD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB436 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that a workers' compensation impartial examination be conducted by a doctor whose specialty is appropriate for the injury to be examined. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB193 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the land use commission, upon request, to extend the time period for which a boundary amendment is effective for at least two years if the appropriate county officer or agency determines that the petitioner has substantially commenced develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
The committee on WTL deferred the measure. |
| HB33 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes permanent the prohibition against urinating or defecating in public within the boundaries of downtown Honolulu.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB106 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a permitting process for geothermal resources development within agricultural, rural, and urban districts. Establishes application requirements for geothermal resources development within conservation districts. Effective 07/01/2020. (HD2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
The committee on WTL deferred the measure. |
| HB509 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Makua Valley Reserve Commission to oversee the control and management of Makua Valley on Oahu. Provides that DLNR will provide enforcement and administrative support for the Commission's activities. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB509 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
The committee on PSM deferred the measure. |
| HB1177 | Engross
Sine Die | Restructures the Hawaii Employer-Union Heath Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF). Transfers jurisdiction over the EUTF from the Department of Budget and Finance to the Department of Human Resources Development. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1177 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB922 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to make a decision on disputes regarding treatment plans and continued medical services without a hearing, upon the mutual consent of both parties. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB535 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the designation of temporary nighttime parking lots in each county to provide safe overnight parking for homeless individuals who live and sleep in their motor vehicles and who would otherwise park overnight on public or private roads or p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB111 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of certain land, subject to county approval and oversight, for research, development, and testing of sustainable agriculture, development, waste management, and resource management through planned community use. Effective July 1, 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
The committee on WTL deferred the measure. |
| HB174 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes labeling requirements and import restrictions on imported genetically engineered produce. Authorizes labeling of non-genetically engineered food and creates a private right of action to enjoin violations. Effective July 1, 2112. (HB174 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| HB932 | Engross
Sine Die | Promotes renewable energy in Hawaii by: (1) providing that all penalties, fees, and costs established and collected by the Department of Land and Natural Resources pursuant to Chapter 182, Hawaii Revised Statutes, be deposited in the Special Land and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
The committee on WTL deferred the measure. |
| HB363 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to demolish the Ewa Beach fire station and construct an energy-efficient and environmentally-sustainable emergency medical services facility at the same location. Appropriates funds to establish an ambulance service at the Makalei ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-21
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB143 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that a license applicant does not have a significant privacy interest in records that show relevant experience, trade examination results, or adequate bonding. Makes such information contained in government records subject to disclosure. (H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-20
The committee on TEC deferred the measure. |
| HB740 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the possession or storage of an open container holding intoxicating liquor on any sidewalk or common area within any public housing project under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii public housing authority
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-20
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB1188 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force to assess state practices that promote economic opportunity and poverty reduction and develop a plan to expand economic opportunities in Hawaii. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1188 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-20
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB532 | Engross
Sine Die | In determining eligibility for state low-income housing, requires that the value of all motor vehicles registered to any tenant be included when determining whether the tenant's annual net income and assets are within established maximum limits for h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-20
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB276 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for the construction of the Senior Residence at Piikoi, an affordable senior rental housing project on Oahu. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB276 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-20
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB182 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits a court to dispose of a juvenile case by referring a child offender to a restorative justice program when the court deems it would be in the best interest of the child and the child admits guilt. Clarifies and provides examples of restorative...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-20
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB396 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the manufacture, sale or distribution of reusable drink and food containers intended for use by children under three and containing bisphenol A. Effective July 1, 2112. (HB396 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-19
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN. |
| HB807 | Engross
Sine Die | Corrects anomalies of service retirement service eligibility and normal and early retirement allowances for judges who became members of the Employees' Retirement System prior to July 1, 2012, and first earned service credit as a judge after June 30,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-19
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB201 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the campaign finance law by: Defining "matching payment period"; Correcting statutory references; Changing report filing deadlines; Specifying noncandidate committee reporting requirements for contributions made; Requiring the identification o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-19
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB719 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates an unspecified amount in general funds for the Hawaii Educational Policy Center for each fiscal year of fiscal biennium 2013-2015 to conduct research and policy analysis on education issues. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB719 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-19
The committee on HRE deferred the measure. |
| HB754 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a county to investigate and notify the Department of Health if a report is made about a report of air pollution. Gives the Director of Health the authority to enter a building or place and investigate reports of foul or noxious odors, gase...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-19
The committee on ENE deferred the measure. |
| HB1423 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources to convene a Mala Wharf Task Force to examine the feasibility of redeveloping the collapsed pier at Mala Wharf on the island of Maui. Effective July 1, 2020. (HB1423 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-19
The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in WTL were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Solomon, Dela Cruz, Ihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. |
| HB521 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and the appropriation of funds for deposit into the rental housing trust fund to finance affordable rental housing development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-18
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB926 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Labor Relations board to provide written notice of hearing to all parties by first class mail at least fifteen days before the hearing, notwithstanding section 91-9.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and clarifies the board's powers fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-18
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB1208 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services to gather data and recommend fees for licensure and certification of certain programs transferred to the Department of Health. Requires Department of Human Services to report findings and fee recommendations ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-15
The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| HB389 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases from $5 to $10 the amount of authorized income tax check-off that may be designated payable from an individual's state income tax refund to certain special funds or accounts. Permits designation of check-off in the amount of $5 or $10 to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-15
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HB7 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates the Hawaii Kupuna Trust Fund, comprising public and private funding, for meeting the outstanding and future needs of the elderly and vulnerable adult population. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB7 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-14
The committee on HMS deferred the measure. |
| HB503 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides a GET exemption on amounts received by farmers for the sale of fresh farm produce intended for consumption within the State. Applies to income or proceeds received after
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-14
The committee on AGL deferred the measure. |
| HB245 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits landlords from terminating the tenancy of a tenant solely on the tenant's status as a victim of domestic abuse if the tenant provides the landlord with specified documentation. Allows a landlord to terminate a lease or decline to renew a te...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-14
The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| HB435 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the office of talent management within DHRD to design and facilitate state initiatives in the areas of talent administration, professional development, performance management, and leadership enterprise. Authorizes the talent management ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-13
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB591 | Engross
Sine Die | Stipulates that fees deposited for each fiscal year into the Safe Routes to School Special Fund, when appropriated, shall be available to the Department of Transportation to administer the Safe Routes to School Program and that funds, when appropriat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-13
The committee on TIA deferred the measure. |
